A/artist Events
We regularly organise roundtable discussions with autistic artists and researchers from our network since 2021. Public events are under planning, please keep an eye on updates in A/artist blog!
We regularly organise roundtable discussions with autistic artists and researchers from our network since 2021. Public events are under planning, please keep an eye on updates in A/artist blog!
A/artist is planning to start a new project, Mind Garden, to explore connections between gardening and neurodiversity. In this roundtable, we would like to have an open discussion on how the garden...
We've found a positive correlation between tattooing and autism and want to deepen our knowledge about it. I will present my own experience as an amateur stick and poke tattoo artist. Furthermore, I'...
For this round table, Isabelle Kappetein , herself diagnosed with autism at later age, will talk about her work as an Diversity and Inclusivity Specialist at Miro. "Miro empowers remote, in-office
A few months ago, A/artist colleague Lynn Clemens published a blogpost about her experimental diagnostic interview with the AI text generator ChatGPT. She concluded that despite the limitations that...
On Monday 16th of January, the A/artist team will host another round table. On this night, we have the pleasure to host Marjanne van Helvert.
Monday the 28th of November at 19:00 Arjan van Amsterdam shares some of his work during the next round table session. He presents a selection of his work in which he explores how the use of text can...
On Monday the 31st of October we come together for another dinner and roundtable discussion at Mediamatic. This time, we want to talk about 'Visual Thinking', the new book by well-known autistic...
On Monday the 3rd of October we come together for another dinner and discussion round at Mediamatic. This time, we return to our practical discussion about changes organisations can make to become...
Animator Peter Wassink joined us at the A/Artist roundtable to talk about his work on the film Mind my Mind (2019) by director Floor Adams. Mind my Mind delves into the mind of Chris, a man...
Three artists share their perspective on work that involves motion and the mind. With the A/artist program, we're exploring neurodiverse experience in the practice of the arts. We discover the power...
On Monday the 22nd of August we come together for another dinner and discussion round at Mediamatic. This time, long-time Mediamatic collaborator Kristin Maurer presents her work on architecture
On Sunday the 7th of August, we visited the former monastery Priorij Emmaus near Utrecht, designed by the architect Jan de Jong in the style of the Bossche School. During a guided tour through the...
During this A/Artist discussion round, analyst Sven (name changed for privacy) and designer Arjan van Amsterdam gave a presentation about a very timely topic: non-fungible tokens, or NFTs. We...
On Monday the 11th of July we gathered again for a dinner and discussion round at Mediamatic. This time, the topic of discussion was what we can learn from monasteries as the earliest form of...
On Wednesday the 29th of June we came together for a dinner and discussion round at Mediamatic. Robin Waart gave a presentation about his work with the printed medium and the challenges that come...
On Monday the 13th of June we will come together for a dinner and discussion round at Mediamatic. This time, Amsterdam-based visual artist Marna Slappendel will give a presentation about her work and...
On Monday the 30th of May we will again come together for a dinner and discussion round at Mediamatic. This time, research duo Liminal Vision will talk about their collaborative world-building...
On Monday the 16th of May we will again come together for a dinner and discussion round at Mediamatic. This time, the artist Annelies Wina Doom will talk about her work 'Please do not touch, even...
On Monday the 11th of April we will again come together for a dinner and discussion round at Mediamatic. This time, the topic of discussion is whether we can use a list of criteria to 'diagnose' an...
On Monday the 21 of March we came together for a dinner and discussion round at Mediamatic. An artist from our network gave a presentation about her method of creating drawings of her daily running...
Op maandag 28 februari kwamen voor het eerst sinds de vorige zomer weer kunstenaars uit het netwerk van Mediamatic samen om te discussiëren over het onderwerp kunst en autisme. De avond begon met een...
Asefeh Tayebani geeft een presentatie over haar werk Precious Burden, waarin ze aan de hand van een set objecten een glimp deelt van wat het betekent om autistisch te zijn. Na de presentatie kun je...
The first Monday meet-up was scheduled for the 19th of July, 2021, in the form of an informal round table discussion. This meeting had 7 participants, with 2 researchers (Anna and Sanne), and 3...